Ghazipur (UP), Aug 22 (PTI) Two teenage boys drowned while bathing in a canal under Suhawal Police Station limits, Police said on Monday.

According to police, Vikram Ram, 16, and Rakesh Ram, 15, drowned in a canal while bathing on Sunday.

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The locals tried to rescue the boys and took them to a hospital but doctors declared them brought dead.

A local police team that reached the spot sent the bodies for post mortem examination.

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